This document summarizes a conference on business opportunities between Norway and Brazil held in 2001. It discusses Brazil's growing economy since the 1960s and its designation as a BRIC country in 2001. Several Norwegian companies provide their experiences investing and operating in Brazil, including successes in the oil and gas industry. Students from Norway and Brazil discuss collaboration opportunities. The legal and tax aspects of the oil and gas industry in Brazil are also covered. A panel debate addresses ongoing collaboration between the two countries.

3. 2005

4. 1960

5. 1970’s

9. 2001.

10. BRIC

11. 2001.

12. 2009.

13. 2011.

14. 2001.

18. 2001.

19. “Brazil is not for
beginners”.
- Tom Jobim

20. Entry to profits .
Years…?

22. Requires
deep skills

23. Deep insight.

24. 2001.

25. Flexibility.

26. 2001.

27. Business Model Innovation.

28. 2001.

29. Collaboration.

30. Never
travel
alone

31. So listen for these items today…

32. Breaking new grounds

33. The maps
that we
have…
…need..

34. …have yet to be written.

35. 2001.

36. The Norwegian
Government’s
Brazil Strategy
Ståle Slettebakken
Senior Advisor,
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

37. Statoil:
a Brazilian success story
Thore E. Kristiansen
Senior Vice President, Statoi

38. …but it ain’t always that easy
Marcio de Alencar
Partner, Brasca

39. Our experiences
– after seven years...
Gaute Jørpeland
Managing Director, K. Lund Offshore
AS and K. Lund do Brasil

40. Seadrill’s Brazil strategy
Esa Ikaheimonen
Chief Financial Officer, Seadrill
Management AS

41. The student perspective:
Norway - Brazil
Inger Hanne Vikshåland & Viola Wenaas Myrann
Students
BI, International Marketing

42. Windflip: Brazil?
Ane Christensen
Co-Founder, General Manager
Windflip

43. Stavanger: a city built on oil
Christine Sagen Helgø
Mayor, City of Stavanger

44. Greater Stavanger,
heading to Brazil
Jan Soppeland
Managing director, Greater Stavanger

45. Collaboration between
Norway and Brazil:
Research and education
Anna Aabø Director, IRIS Brazilian
Honorary Consul

46. A Brazilian adventure
Erik Jølberg Founder, TESS as
Ivar Gram Klette General Manager,
TESS Rogaland AS

47. Networks: What we know about
Norwegian firms going abroad
Morten H. Abrahamsen
Associate Professor, BI Norwegian
Business School

48. Brazilian legal aspects
and taxation for the
oil & gas industry
Henrique de Azevedo Ferreira França
Fleury Malheiros, Gasparini, De Cresci e
Nogueira de Lima
Advogados

49. Panel debate 15:40 – 16:10
Helge Svendsen, Student BI
Sissel Anita Kobro, Regional Director, Brazil, INTSOK
Martha Kristin Sandtorv, Student, BI
Márcio de Alencar, Brasca
Ståle Slettebakken, Foreign Ministry
Gaute Jørpeland, K. Lund Offshore
Esa Ikaheimonen, Seadrill Management AS
Morten H Abrahamsen, BI

50. Thank you
#BrazildayBI
Christian Rangen
Full-time lecturer
BI – Norwegian Business School